Actinidia deliciosa commonly known as kiwi fruit has numerous amounts of health benefits due to the existence various nutrients and phytoconstituents in it. Literature shows that its constituents such vitamin c, folate, minerals, sugars, enzymes, proteins, dietary fiber, etc., impart pharmacological is why considered a superfood. Several research have been done on this superfood evaluate medici...

Endothelial dysfunction develops with age and increases the risk of age-associated vascular disorders. Nitric oxide insufficiency, oxidative stress, and chronic low-grade inflammation, induced by upregulation of adverse cellular signaling processes and imbalances in stress resistance pathways, mediate endothelial dysfunction with aging. Healthy lifestyle behaviors preserve endothelial function ...

Milk is traditionally recognized as an excellent source of nutrients and milk proteins constitute up to 20% of the average food protein intake in the United States and Europe. The dairy industry provides a range of high quality traditional dairy products but is also very interested in the development of new generation, dairy-based nutraceutical and functional foods. Milk components, because of ...

Resveratrol (Fig. 1A) is a natural phytoalexin produced by some plants and it is also found in food and beverages, particularly red wine [1]. The biological activity of resveratrol is associated with health benefits including anti-tumour, antiinflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-platelet aggregation properties that make it particularly interesting for applications in pharmaceutical and nutraceut...

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jazan University, PO Box 114, Postal Code...

Marine organisms have been recognized as rich sources of bioactive compounds with valuable nutraceutical and pharmaceutical potentials. Recently, marine bioactive peptides have gained much attention because of their numerous health beneficial effects. Notably, these peptides exhibit various biological activities such as antioxidant, anti-hypertensive, anti-human immunodeficiency virus, anti-pro...